Minnesota’s youth deer season will take place statewide Thursday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 22.

The season coincides with statewide teacher workshops, so many Minnesota students will be out of school during the youth season.

Hunting wild stuff, be that antlered animals or fowl of any sort, is usually a result of an introduction made by one special person who took the time to expose a youth to the outdoor lifestyle.

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Summer returned to southwest Minnesota Saturday as Luverne hosted the 72nd Annual Tri-State Band Festival.

Abraham Lincoln impersonator Chuck Johnson presented his one-man, three-scenes, one-act play for residents at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne Friday afternoon, Sept. 29.

Eighteen smoked-meat enthusiasts gathered in Jacobson Park in Hills Saturday for the Fourth Annual Smokefest.